Van Lathan says America refuses to acknowledge the contributions of Black Americans

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]what you said earlier about black culture being American culture. I don't think that America thinks that.

[00:00:08]I think that America at large believes that black people are something to be contended with, to be dealt with.

[00:00:18]Because if there was any thought that the contributions of black people made America better, fuller, freer, richer, then they would stop trying to prevent us from contributing.

[00:00:35]We They don't want our contributions. It feels like they don't want us to contribute uh at the top of tech, black women being left out of tech. They don't want us to vote. They don't want our political voice. uh they don't want us to be the heads of companies. DEI. Like legitimately the last two years, the right has pushed the narrative that if your pilot is black, your plane is more likely to fall out of